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This is misleading. Wooden-handled, six-shooter pistols and pump-action rifles were easy to get back then - true, but high capacity, semi-automatics were defini
by jimt1234 2y ago
This is misleading. Wooden-handled, six-shooter pistols and pump-action rifles were easy to get back then - true, but high capacity, semi-automatics were definitely not easy to obtain. I grew up in the Midwest back then, probably the most gun friendly state besides Texas; people generally recognized that some guns should be available only to the military.
- hiatus 2y agoI appreciate the color but AR-15s were available for civilian purchase in 1963, though most school shootings are perpetrated with hand guns. [1] Even then, it seems it would be better to regulate large capacity magazines than any specific firearm. The comment to which I replied was decrying the proliferation of guns in general, not high capacity magazines. [1]: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2812306 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/...
- whamlastxmas 2y agoSemi auto magazine pistols were common and easy to get in the 60s